@article{2019,title={DEMOCRACY IN THE LOCAL AND LOCAL E-PARTICIPATION},abstractNode={The understanding of democracy is a tradition gained locally and transferred from local to national. In this sense, it is known that there is a special relationship between local governments and democracy. This relationship has been examined and analyzed by many experts for many years. E-participation is a developing phenomenon in Turkey and in this context, it is examined in this study as a source of democracy in the local sense. Because participation is a vital component for functioning of democracy. In today's conditions, because of the need to catch up with the developments in information and communication technologies and to catch up with time, e-participation applications have become a prominent issue. The study primarily deals with the relationship between local administrations and democracy, then the concepts of local democracy, democratic local government and local autonomy which emerged as a result of this relationship, and the concept of participation. Then, with the definition and explanation of the concept of e-participation, a discussion on the importance, impacts, and application areas of e-participation in the local level is presented. The study is finalized with the explanation of the benefits that will be created by e-participation as a developing phenomenon in Turkey and the application suggestions of e-participation. The study is prepared for creating a source for the expansion of e-participation applications in Turkey beginning from the local level to the whole by emphasizing the importance of the implementation of e-participation at the local levels. It has been tried to analyze the roles that e-participation can play in developing the democracy in local level by using practical evaluation and political research method from qualitative research methods. As a result of the research, it is reached that in local administrations which have e-participation elements and implement e-participation applications successfully; important steps will be taken to reach a broader civic participation, a more democratic structure will be achieved, the relationship between democracy and local government will be strengthened, and democracy culture will gain new dimensions.},author={Niyazi KARABULUT-Erdal BAYRAKCI},year={2019},journal={Turkish Studies-Economics,Finance,Politics}}